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Youth Gardening Programs for Educators and Others Coming in Fall
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/youth-gardening-programs-educators-and-others-coming-fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gardening is a great option for keeping your children off social media and in the outdoors. And it can teach as well as entertain. “When children grow their food in a garden, they are much more invested in their food sources. I have seen ...
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Researcher Studying Agriculture Fairs and Flu Among Pigs
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/researcher-studying-agriculture-fairs-and-flu-among-pigs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A researcher at The Ohio State University is conducting a multi-state study testing for flu among pigs at fairs as swine infected with a flu virus were confirmed at two recent county fairs in Ohio. Andrew Bowman, a veterinarian with Ohio ...
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Ohio Blueberry, Bramble, & Wine Grape Field Night
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/ohio-blueberry-bramble-wine-grape-field-night
See flyer for details. Coming up on Thursday, August 24, 2017 we will be hosting a Ohio Blueberry, Bramble, & Wine Grape Field Night at the OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio. The field night is hosted by Dr. Gary Gao, Dr. Lijing and Ryan Slaughter. ...
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Empathy and Flexibility Go a Long Way When Managing Farm Employees
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/empathy-and-flexibility-go-long-way-when-managing-farm-employees
LONDON, Ohio — Faced with a decades-long struggle to find laborers, farmers can still do a lot to attract and keep their staff and lighten their load with technology. When the economy is healthy or at least improving, the search for farm employees becomes ...
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Learn How to Test Your Soil at Aug. 31 Field Day
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/learn-how-test-your-soil-aug-31-field-day
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Healthy soil is one of those invaluable things that is often taken for granted. But the healthier the soil, the more nutrients a plant can soak up. Franklin Roosevelt recognized soil’s importance when he said, “The nation that destro ...
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2017 Junior Fair Special Interest County Placings
https://allen.osu.edu/news/state-fair-special-interest-selections
Click HERE for the list of Special Interest County Placings. ...
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Ohio and West Virginia Food Hub Network’s 2017 Summer Tour
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/ohio-and-west-virginia-food-hub-network%E2%80%99s-2017-summer-tour
Interested in learning more about how fresh produce makes it from farm to market? Join the Ohio and West Virginia Food Hub Network’s 2017 Summer Tours on August 7, 2017 in southeast Ohio to learn from two unique fresh produce enterprises! Visits to Witten ...
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Excessive Rain, Flooding, Ponding Damaging Some Ohio Crops
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/excessive-rain-flooding-ponding-damaging-some-ohio-crops
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Record rain and extensive flooding and ponding have taken a toll on commodity fields across Ohio, leaving some growers facing diseased crops, the death of their plants and potential yield loss, according to agronomists in the College of F ...
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Pumpkin Field Day Coming Aug. 17
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/pumpkin-field-day-coming-aug-17
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio – Autumn will be here before you know it and if you are a pumpkin grower, you won’t want to miss the Aug. 17 Pumpkin Field Day. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Western Agricultural Research Station, 7721 S. Charleston Pike So ...
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Learn to Diagnose Problems in Your Trees, Including New Beech Disease
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/learn-diagnose-problems-your-trees-including-new-beech-disease
MANSFIELD, Ohio — A mystery illness is hitting northeast Ohio’s American beech trees. Called beech leaf disease, it’s causing striped and curled leaves, weak buds, and sometimes the death of saplings. It seems to be spreading fast, too. “And we really don ...